When Hitler came for the Jews... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was
not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a
Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler
attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of
the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the
Protestant church -- and there was nobody left to be concerned.
-- Pastor Martin Niemoller, Congressional Record, October
14, 1968, vol. 114, p. 31636.
"Cessante ratione legis, cessat ipsa lex," which loosely
translated means "a law lacking rationality, ceases to be
law."
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to
do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what
I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.
-- Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)